Sigmund Freud once said that if he could live his life again, he would devote it to research into paranormal phenomena. His one time professional associate, later professional enemy, Carl Jung, said near the end of his life that he thought the biggest scientific event of the 21st century would be the beginning of serious … Continue reading Paranormal World
Science| Animals vs Insects |Insects are Animals
I wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard someone say, or write, that insects aren't animals. When one of my daughters was ten years old, she came home one day with the story that her teacher had told the class that insects weren't animals. She spoke up, declared that insects were animals, … Continue reading Science| Animals vs Insects |Insects are Animals
Wild New York
Recently I came upon a post by a Toronto journalist celebrating the many ravines in Toronto, the refuge of much local wildlife, valleys created by the rivers that run south through our city. As someone who has been exploring those places since the 1960s, I know them well and I celebrate them too. But when … Continue reading Wild New York
Frogs and the Universe
Did you know that frogs can see much farther than us? Much, much farther. In British physicist David Deutsch's 1997 book Fabric of Reality, he discusses the electric torch (flashlight) experiment, where an experimenter gradually backs away from the torch, the light from it becoming fainter and fainter, then he says: Can light really be spread more … Continue reading Frogs and the Universe
Big Bang Basketball
What started the Big Bang?
The Big Bang -fact or fiction?
On my previous blog, Loner's Highway, I had many science posts. A lot of shy people are interested in the sciences too, so I'm going to re-post them here. We'll start at the beginning. Something about the "Big Bang" has always bothered me. For decades we've lived with this idea that billions of years ago … Continue reading The Big Bang -fact or fiction?
Alan Conrad 